Product Summary

A Zirconium Ball Valve, one type of quarter turn valve, is quite literally a ball placed in a passageway through which fluid flows. The ball has a hole through it, by which the valve opens and closes. When the ball is positioned so that the hole runs the same direction as the passageway, the fluid simply flows through the hole, and the valve is open. However, when the ball is positioned so that the hole is perpendicular to the passageway, the fluid cannot pass through, and the valve is closed. The ball is controlled from outside the valve, often with a handle that is turned 90 degrees, or a quarter turn, back and forth to open and close the valve.
This ball valve has a single, straight passageway bored through the ball, making two openings: one on each side, an inlet and an outlet. A ball valve can also be a three-way valve if a third hole is bored partially through the ball, until it meets the main hole, forming a T. A three-way ball valve can shut off one or all of the three passageways it connects.

Zirconium of Zirconium Ball Valve is a metallic element with the atomic number of 40 and the symbol ZR. This highly reactive element is not found in a pure form in nature, and is most commonly isolated from the mineral zircon. Zircon has been used by humans for centuries for various applications, and is commonly found in Australia, Russia, Brazil, and the United States, among several other locations. Other minerals which contain zirconium are extracted as a byproduct of the mining process in many regions of the world. In its pure form, this metal is slightly silvery in appearance, and is malleable and highly ductile. It is also very resistant to corrosion, which makes it extremely popular in metal alloys. When an alloy needs to be corrosion-resistant, adding zirconium to the mix can increase the durability. This element belongs to the transition metals, a group of neighboring metals on the periodic table of elements which includes palladium, silver, cobalt, copper